Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• tune up: To adjust car engine, etc. so it works perfectly
• deal with
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• regardless of
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• have to: Must do
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• material: Cloth; fabric
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• express: To send something by fast mail
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
• capitalize: To write words, the first letter in BIG LETTERS
• buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
• rearrange: To rethink a plan, event for a time and place
• inconvenience: Quality of being difficult or annoying to do
• indirect: Being not directly connected to or caused by
• comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person